Over the years, it has become a tradition to commemorate this day as an honor to the soldiers, sailors, and airmen of India. The three branched of the Armed Forces – the Indian Army, the Indian Air Force, and the Indian Navy – organize a variety of programs to showcase their efforts towards national security.
A key Indo-US industry body feels that the best way to go ahead with procurement — valued at about $20 billion — is through a government-to-government deal to enable ‘Make in India’ and technology-sharing. Led by defence minister Rajnath Singh and external affairs minister S Jaishankar, will focus on renewed efforts to take forward the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) to include drone warfare, light-weight arms and virtual augmented reality.
The committee headed by a Special Director General (SDG) rank officer of the force will also deliberate if such personnel can be “absorbed” in other Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) like the border guarding SSB or the airports security force CISF to ensure better “rest and recuperation” for them.
The core catcher or core melt localisation device (CMLD) will localise and cool the molten core material in case of an accident in the nuclear power reactor.
The National Register of Citizens (NRC) can be explained as the register that has recorded the names of all the genuine citizens of India. Prepared for the first time in 1951, the NRC list has been updated for the state of Assam since the state experiences a longstanding problems due to foreigners.
The objective is to establish strong air connectivity and to boost the tourism sector, the Ministry said in a Press communication, adding that under the UDAN 4.0 scheme MoCA is also providing additional VGF of around 25% extra to the airlines.
Revealing plans about how the defence ministry is bolstering startups, Naik said that the government had launched Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) framework in 2018 to achieve self-reliance and to foster innovation and technology development in defence and aerospace sector.
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi was apprised of the Joint Declaration of Intent (JDI) between India and Germany regarding cooperation on strategic projects in the field of Railways. The Joint Declaration of Intent was signed last month.
In 2016, the government launched eNAM, an online platform for farmers with agricultural markets online, helping farmers to view all agriculture-related information, commodity pricing, and buying and selling of goods. Additionally, the government also launched a crop insurance scheme, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, assisting farmers with insurance services.
India’s participation in the just concluded maiden defence and security exhibition in Tokyo, where it was one of the few nations to have a booth, is an indicator of the increasing focus on this sector. Also, the recent past has seen bilateral military exercises — the ‘Dharma Guardian-2019’ (between the Indian Army and Japanese Ground Self Defence Forces), the ‘SHINYUU Maitri-2019’ (between Japanese Air Self Defence Force and the Indian Air Force) — and also the trilateral Malabar exercise by India, Japan and the US.
